Indicator.



C. G. NIESCHANG. INDICATOR.

APPLIoA'rIoN FILED JULY s. 1912.

1,1 82,282. Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

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CHARLES C. F. NIESCHANG, OF FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.

INDICATOR.

Application filed J' uly 3, 1912.

T0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES C. F. N Ins-CHANG, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of FortvVayne, 1n the county of Allen and State of Indiana, have inventedcertain new and use ful Improvements in Indicators, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in indicators of that class usedin traliic between venders and their customers to indicate to the venderthe quantity of merchandise desired by the customer, and 'the objectthereof is to provide a device of lts class which will be ofconventional form and lts operation easily understood by both thecustomer and the vender.

The object of the improvement is accomplished by the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure l is anelevation showing the inner face of one of the plates of which thedevice is composed; Fig. 2 is a similarview of the other plate of whichthe device is composed; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the devicecomplete; and Fig. 4 is a similar View of the same but set in adifferent indieating position.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views and referring now to the same: l is a rectangularplate composed of card-board, metal or other suitable material, and 2 isa similar plate corresponding in dimensions with the former plate. Eachof the plates has near one of its corners an aperture, 3 and 4respectively, and between the aperture and the adjacent corner is asmall opening 5, which may be eyeleted, if desired, the opening beingfor the purpose of receiving a nail placed for the purpose of hangingthe device in position. The plates l and 2 are placed face to face, oneupon the other, and secured together at their centers by means of aneyelet 6, so that one plate may be turned upon the eyelet relative tothe other.

Upon the inner face of the plate l is arranged a series of colored faces7, each bearing an indicating numeral and located equidistant from thecenter 8 of the card. Also one of the corners of the plate has a coloredface 9, the color being of the same hue as the other faces of the plate.rl`he plate 2 also has upon its inner face a corresponding se-Speciicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915. serial No. 707,620.

ries of colored faces 10, each bearing a different indicating numeral,and similarly located to those on the former card. The card 2 has also acolored face ll, in the corner thereof opposite its ored faces of thetwo cards are of different hue: E or instance, those on the card l maybe blue, while those on the card 2 may be-red, or some color that willcontrast sharply from the color used on the other card. When the twoplates are secured together, the face of each having the colored facesis placed inward so that the series of faces l0 on the card 2 may bebrought successively to the opening 3 of the card l, and likewise theseries of faces 7 on the card l may be brought successively to theopening A in the card 2. The series of faces 7 on the card l and thecorresponding series on the card 2 are so located on the respectivecards that they will appear at the aperture of the opposite card whenone of the cards is turned to an angle of 45 degrees relative to theother card, as shown in Fig. 3, with the exception of the face on eachcard nearest the corner of the card, which has the colored face 9 or ll,as the case may be. These appear at the apertures when one card isplaced square with the other and with their apertures 0ppositelydisposed, as shown in F ig. 4. When the front l2 of the card l isdisplayed, the series of faces 10 of the card 2 may be made to appearthrough the aperture 3 of the former card, and as the card is turned toits various indicating positions at an angle to the card l, the face 1lin the corner of the card 2 will appear beyond the edge of the card lupon one side thereof or the other accordingly as the card is turned.1vVhen the cards are made to register with one another, as shown in Fig.4, the face l1 will not appear to view but will be obscured by thecorresponding corner of the card l. However, it should be noted thatwhen adjusted to the position last described, the outline of the deviceshows a four-cornered figure, while when the cards are adjusted at anangle to one another, as previously described, an eight-pointed figureis displayed.

Either side of the device may be displayed, and by the use of thedifferently colored faces marked with numerals so as to have gradedsignificance, and also by the adjustments of the cards so as to afford aaperture 4. The ccli rectangular or eight-pointed appearance as the @asemaybe, the meaninLfSfof-the;various 1 .,displayed.

Y by one familiar With the device that one or' the other; of the tivohighest numberson the colored faces vv'oul'd aperture would signifywhich of the two highest numbers shows; andlvvhen the device isiadjustedz to one-ot itseightfpointed positions, Vthe colordisplayedsign-ities which of the colored s erie'sofvfaces,rtliose of lower orhigher denomination, appears, While the position of the, coloredv facein the corner 'of the' card indicates Whichone of the colored facesl ofthat, particular series appears atthe aperture. 'I hus, While thenumbers appearing read, at a distance, the` signal displayed by Vthedevice may be quickly Vand accurately ascertained when viewed, even froma point 'be' displayed inv 'signal position, and the color appearing intheV upon the colored faces may not readily be..

considerablyjidistant fromythe4 Vpoint .Ivvhere Having `described myinvention what I cla-im'as' nevv andldes"1rel to secure by LettersPatent iS 2- "A device of the class described, comprislng tivorectangular plates of simllar dimensions"'p`ivotally secured together,each plateY havingfan aperturefbetween its pivotal point` and one of itscorners, and having anv annnlar series of indicating its Vpivotal'point, one'of which may be made to appearthrough'the-aperture of' theotherplat'e, and also Vanother ind-icating'facethat maybe madeftoappearbeyond the edgeY ofthe other plate.

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